As always this sort of thing turns political in the blink of an eye and becomes a question of which gender is the better driver. This of course has most value for those into gender/identity politics.

The question, however, will be one of apples and oranges to a large extent due to some other supporting statistics.

One is probably pretty well-known: that men are bigger risk takers than women. Clearly that should be expected to influence outcomes, especially in a negative way for men as they are more likely to be involved in worse accidents (as that’s where the risks are). The question would be how much such negatives are countered by other well-known superior skills of males such as reaction times, motor skills, ability to function under duress, etc.

Another lesser known fact is that men and women are hugely different genders in the following way: if you look at pretty much any natural propensity studies have shown that the male genome expresses itself more extremely than the female genome. (It’s a long story, basically, but it’s a biological-evolutionary mechanism by which weaknesses and strengths of the genome are expressed more readily in the XY chromosome build of men, whereas the extremes are dulled in the female XX chromosome build. Because women make up the reproductive bottleneck nature has been “unwilling” to experiment much with women, and thus it falls to men to behave like both heroes and villians and let women decide who to procreate with – thus keeping the genome as healthy as can be. Refer to Steve Moxon’s book “The Woman Racket” to get an introduction to this.)

In statistics this mean that the curve for females will be more bell-shaped and looking much more like a normal distribution. As such women are more average or mediocre (than men), i.e. when you look at the extremes of the female curve there are very few women at either end. This means there are few very stupid or very smart women. The spread/variance is smaller for women compared to men.

Men’s curve, on the other hand, is much more like a road bump, i.e. with fewer present in the middle (where most women are) and with a whole lot more at the really good and really bad ends. That’s probably why we find most men at both the pinnacle of society and just as many at the rock bottom of it. For every CEO of a large international corporation there’s a homeless, drug abusing, suicide prone, criminal male. So for the male population the spread is much larger and it’s not uncommon (depending on the skill or whatever is being looked at) for women at the extremes to be around 5-6 times the number of either succesful or loser males.

It’s also why pure averages are misleading when it comes to comparing men and women.

So in conclusion, if one has to determine who’s the “better driver” it becomes a difficult question to answer as we’re really comparing apples and oranges. Because one would indeed expect to find more men right at the top with at best a few women exceptions that prove the rule. At the same time some of the worst drivers are bound to be male due to some extreme expression of their genome (try combining major aggression, low intelligence and in in some of the worst motor skills that men have ever produced and you know who I’m talking about).

while numberOfLapsIHaveRun less than 4:
run a lap
sweat
look a the hot chick in the bleachers
pick a wedgie
drink a sip of your water
if itstartsraining:
laps=5 <——–this will exit the loop
numberoflaps += 1

go home
eat dinner
goof off a little

I do think however that there should be some compensation made by JandJ considering the number of documented problems that exist. Also in light of the fact that the Clear Care solution is more expensive than the cleaning solutions that I previously used with the Acuvue Brand, so it will cost me more out of pocket to continue to use these lenses.

A power drill is essential in construction and we drained a battery before we were done so I was happy I had a spare handy. I’m going to need to to exchange the ottoman fabric so I’ll update on how that goes. So far I’m thrilled with my purchase but I’ll admit it’s been under a week so it’s a bit early to tell.

I have tried Opti-Free and Re-Nu solutions; I just bought clear care and I want to see if that will help with the redness. For some very odd reason I found that I had to take my contact lenses out again and again in the morning when I used Opti-free, because it wouldn’t focus very well and the vision was blurry for 20 minutes or so after I put my contacts in; I decided to switch to Re-Nu and this problem disappeared instantly in the morning.

I use Systane Ultra Lubricant Eye Drops after I take them out because my eyes feel extremely dry. My contact lenses fitter said that I could also use these eye drops while wearing the contacts; If you experience any dryness I recommend trying Systane Ultra. However, they feel really comfortable and my vision is excellent when I put them in. I called my contact lenses fitter and he says I might be over wearing them. I don’t sleep with them and the oxygen permeability is supposed to be so good that you can wear them for several days.

I also want to thank everyone here for posting and creating this blog. It feels great to know that you are not alone in this and that it might be the contact lenses thats the problem. I wonder why the trial lenses were so good and didn’t seem to rip at all while the actual lenses that you buy seem to be more delicate?

I am concerned about the redness but I really like the comfort level and vision quality of these lenses. Contact lenses have been really convenient because of my active lifestyle and because my vision is terrible. I don’t want them to say I can’t wear contact lenses anymore so I am a little hesitant to get my eyes checked out.

Good luck to everyone!

I wore my glasses for weeks but my eyes got worse. Developed several sties, a chalazion (big bump on my lid) and the horrible burning, light sensitivity, headaches, and sinus pain remained. Ditched the eye dr. and saw a new one about a month ago. He has diagnosed the condition as blepharitis and put me on Zylet steroidal drops. He has agreed that quite likely this could be a reaction to the silicon hydrogel material in the Oasys lenses. I have to apply hot compresses twice daily, massage my lids, and scrub them with Ocusoft scrubs. I continue to do this faithfully and have some good days, some bad. He tells me this is an irreversible condition and I will probably do this for the rest of my life to manage the permanent inflammation.

In my heart of hearts I know the Oasys triggered this horrible trouble. Please…if you experience any of these symptoms, discontinue the Oasys lenses. There is something dangerously wrong with them.